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In the fourth week, the embryonic heart starts beating. The neural tube, which becomes the brain and spinal cord, forms. At this point, a woman has likely only been aware of her pregnancy for one week.

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In the seventh week after conception, networks of neurons produce brain waves that have been recorded as early as 6 ½ weeks after conception. The embryo spontaneously moves his arms, hands, and legs, and may even hiccup. The embryo’s heart now has all four chambers.

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By the seventeenth and eighteenth week after gestation, the fetus shows a clear response to pain in multiple studies, and at least one brain pathway is mature enough to create a perception of pain. The fetus also practices breathing, crying, and breastfeeding in the womb. The fetal heart has beat over 20 million times and circulates about 55 quarts of blood per day.

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In the eighth month of pregnancy the fetal brain is ready to learn! At 32 weeks after conception, neurons are creating 40,000 new connections, called synapses, every second! With repeated exposures, the fetus can learn flavors, nursery rhymes, songs, and even words that she will recognize after birth!

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Elyse Gaitan

Lozier Library Associate

Elyse Gaitan serves as Library Associate for the Lozier Library for Life, Science, and Law.  Managed by Charlotte Lozier Institute, the library is a professional-level resource for scholars, academics, lawyers, and policy experts engaged in pro-life issues.

Prior to joining CLI, Elyse worked as a Library Assistant in New Jersey and completed a paid internship with Her PLAN, an initiative of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America focused on strengthening the pro-life safety net.

Elyse holds a B.A. in both History and Government from Fairleigh Dickinson University where she earned summa cum laude distinction.  During her senior year, she completed an Honors thesis on Calvinist theology’s impact on race relations in the United States.  She is currently a member of Phi Alpha Theta and Pi Sigma Alpha.

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Maternal & Public Health

Abortion Reporting: West Virginia (2023)

West Virginia’s 2023 abortion statistics by quarter were published throughout 2023 and into March 2024, showing that abortions in the Mountain State have decreased exponentially since 2022.

Mia Steupert, M.A. Elyse Gaitan
May 29, 2024
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Abortion

Fact Sheet: Reasons for Abortion

After the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, states across the country have enacted laws that limit abortion. Frequently, these laws make exceptions for abortions for certain reasons, such as rape and incest, risk to the mother’s life or health, or a fetal abnormality. This fact sheet documents how common, or uncommon, these various reasons for abortion are.

Elyse Gaitan Mia Steupert, M.A. Tessa Cox
May 24, 2024
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